Songs by Robert Burns

Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars song book

Guid-wife count the lawin

C G
Gane is the day and mirk's the night
Am Em
But we'll ne'er stray for faut of light
C G
For ale and brandy's stars and moon
Am Em
And blude-red wine's the rysin sun.
C F
Then guid-wife count the lawin
G Em
the lawin, the lawin,
C Am
Then guid-wife count the lawin
C G
and bring a coggie mair.
There's wealth and ease for gentlemen,
And semple-folk maun fecht and fen;
But here we're are in ae accord
For ilka man that's drunk's a lord.
My coggie is a haly pool
That heals the wounds o' care and dool;
And pleasurre is a wanton trout,
An' ye drink it a', ye'll find him out.
Everyday my wife tells me
That ale and brandy will ruin me;
But if gude liquor be me dead,
This shall be written on my head,
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guid-wife = lady bartender
lawin = the amount owed, the tab
coggie = cog, a shot